Growing up can be challenging. Remember what it was like when you were in elementary school? Your friends, your favorite teacher, your favorite subject? It wasn't always pleasant because you had your first disappointment, your first failed attempt, or your first realization of a limitation.

One of the highlights of church fellowship is the potluck meal. Everyone, or at least almost everyone, prepares a few of their favorite dishes and brings it to the building and people walk by to a self-serve meal. Did you know there's a rule at church potlucks that helps us understand the church?

Let’s play a word association game.

What do you think of when you think of church? For some, even the term is a turnoff. Perhaps bad experiences in the past or even the present have soured one's response. Did you know the term “church” is not even a religious word? So what does it mean?